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Gerry Potter is a poet, playwright, actor, director, and both creator and destroyer of the infamous gingham diva Chloe Poems. A favourite son of Manchester and his hometown Liverpool, he trained at Everyman Youth Theatre and National Museums Liverpool lists him amongst the city's leading LGBTQ+ icons. His published work can be forund in both the poetry and philosophy collections at Harvard University and the portrait documentary 'My Name is Gerry Potter' premiered at Homotopia in 2015. Gerry has a reputation for putting his Scouse voice on the line and is strong on poetry and strong on the causes of poetryism.

Praise for the author: "Enormous talent." Gay Times; "A compelling advocate." The Independent; "Enviable panache and style." Angela Heslop, BBC Radio; "Everything poetry should be, and all too often isn't." Time Out; "A comrade in words - and what a comrade." Rosie Garland, poet & author; "Gerry is about intelligence and argument and politics and protest. So must we all be." Roger Hill, broadcaster & writer; "Intelligent, humane and searching poetry that makes us all ask who we are and who we want to be." Dr Jo Bell, National Poetry Day Director